> Can I use your house while you are away? On the nightstand, I'll leave $5 or whatever the wear and tear might be for the night.
Ah, see?--"while i am away". Possession of tangible items deprives someone else the use of it. There is no such natural limitation on ideas or expression of ideas. It requires additional government "interference" before ideas and expression are made to be scarce.
> If you can copy my code /book or whatnot what rights do I have?
Exactly! Additional rights are granted by the government, not taken away. You possess the original copy. Why would you assume to have an additional rights? If you don't want people to copy it, don't let them see it.
Ah, see?--"while i am away". Possession of tangible items deprives someone else the use of it. There is no such natural limitation on ideas or expression of ideas. It requires additional government "interference" before ideas and expression are made to be scarce.
You are not using your home anyway and I was gonna pay the wear and tear.
Better for the public good, hell, maybe I get some great ideas while I sit on Bill Gates' porch ;)
"Possession of tangible items deprives someone else the use of it."
If no one can legally copy my book (or my grandfather's book) I had a better chance of making money from it; if it's free fewer people will buy a copy (we can all agree to that.) If the government says that now I no longer have copyright, how aren't I deprived of something?
Some people leave homes, estates, gold coins, stocks, others leave books or songs. Roy Disney's family is a live and well, and so is Disney Inc, and to me it seems unfair to them to lose Mickey Mouse
> If no one can legally copy my book (or my grandfather's book) I had a better chance of making money from it; if it's free fewer people will buy a copy (we can all agree to that.)
Of course. But if you want to base fairness on your chances to make money, just ask the government to force people to give you money instead of this convoluted IP situation.
> If the government says that now I no longer have copyright, how aren't I deprived of something?
I'm not sure how you can say you are deprived of something because they "only" gave you a 90 year copyright. It's like saying someone deprived you of money because they only gave you a million dollars not an infinite supply.
Ah, see?--"while i am away". Possession of tangible items deprives someone else the use of it. There is no such natural limitation on ideas or expression of ideas. It requires additional government "interference" before ideas and expression are made to be scarce.
> If you can copy my code /book or whatnot what rights do I have?
Exactly! Additional rights are granted by the government, not taken away. You possess the original copy. Why would you assume to have an additional rights? If you don't want people to copy it, don't let them see it.